The incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko won the election 80,23% of the vote, while his main opponent Svetlana Tikhanovski enlisted the support of 9.9 percent of the voters. This morning the head of the CEC of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina. This result is almost one to one repeats the data of the official exit poll, published on Sunday evening. So, may continue the protests that took place in Belarus in the night of Monday. According to human rights activists, one man died under the wheels of the paddy wagon, dozens were injured by stun grenades and rubber bullets. At the headquarters Svetlana Tikhanovski said that the election results do not recognize. But a congratulatory telegram to Minsk has already sent a number of world leaders, including Chinese President XI Jinping, and the presidents of Kazakhstan and Russia Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Vladimir Putin.”Lower your shields!”On Monday night became one of the most turbulent in the history of Belarus. In the center of Minsk, especially on the Avenue of Winners, to two o’clock in the morning continued protests dissatisfied with the election results. Rather, data from the exit polls — at that time was known only to them.Thus, according to the official exit poll, Alexander Lukashenko won 79.7% of the votes, while his main opponent Svetlana Tikhanovski — only 6.8%. However, in opposition Telegram channel claimed 71% of Belarusians in Moscow, Kiev and Warsaw have voted for Mrs. Tikhanovski. Sure added pictures of some of the protocols from polling stations in Minsk. These plots Svetlana Tikhanovski also won by a large margin.Therefore, as was announced yesterday, around 22:00 near the stele “hero City Minsk” and the Central squares of other cities began to meet people. Judging by the photos, in the capital there were several thousand, and in other cities tens or hundreds. “The investigative Committee initiated criminal proceedings on the facts of mass riots and violence concerning employees of bodies of internal Affairs. They took place tonight in the city of Minsk and several other regions of the country. All illegal actions were accompanied with violence against police officers, dozens of whom were injured,”— said the head of the Investigative Committee of Belarus Ivan Nosevich. According to the interior Ministry, during the protests were arrested about 3 thousand people, including about a thousand in Minsk. In the Belarusian interior Ministry, told about 50 wounded demonstrators and 39 policemen injured.Yesterday Belarus was recorded serious disruptions to the Internet. The Belarusian news portals open with difficulty abroad, with the exception of those that are working from Poland, such as Belsat. He and Telegram channels Nexta Live (it is the blogger, Stepan Putilo living in Warsaw) and “May the land of Belarus” were the main sources of information about the protests. Published footage shows a lot of injuries, for example from the explosions of stun grenades and rubber bullets.As reported TASS the representative of the opposition human rights center “Viasna” Valiantsin Stefanovich, there is information at least about one killed: he drove the paddy wagon, specifically allegedly rammed the crowd. Photo of the moment also got a Telegram-channels, the name of the deceased remains unknown. Another three people, according to Mr. Stefanovich, suffered especially seriously and are in hospital. According Viasna, was detained at least 213 people.Meanwhile, the interior Ministry of Belarus stated this morning that during the night of the events of “no fatalities”.Apparently, the evening before the authorities pulled in Minsk the police and internal troops from all the surrounding cities, so in some of them to disperse the protests was just a nobody. In gratitude, some people began to come and hug police officers. However, to repeat this experience in the large cities could not, even though the call to “Lower the shields!” shouted loud and long.Inflame his official statement on the outcome of the election. As reported today by the head of the CEC of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina, Alexander Lukashenko scored 80,23% of the vote, while his main opponent Svetlana Tikhanovski enlisted the support of 9.9 percent of the voters. In the previous elections in 2015, Mr Lukashenko gained 83.49% of the votes. In 2010, of 79.65%. Photo: Vasily Fedosenko, ReutersШтаб MS Tikhanovski already stated that Sunday’s vote does not recognize. She told reporters: “of Course, we do not recognize. The obtained figures do not coincide with those that were announced”. Svetlana Tikhanovski noted that he considers himself winner of the election and the country is not going to leave. “We are for peaceful change. The measures used power (in the night of Monday. — “Kommersant”), was disproportionate. People were left on the plots to protect their votes. We will do everything so that this does not happen again”,— added Ms. Tikhanovski. “I was, frankly, touches when little kids come. Understand it is a holiday. Someone wanted to ruin this celebration. We saw them — they shone even brighter this night,” the President said. According to him the protests were directed from abroad. “From Poland, the UK and the Czech Republic were calls, manage our, excuse me, sheep: they don’t know what you’re doing, and they are already beginning to manage,” said Mr. Lukashenko.”The loud minority”Restless night in Minsk was forced to speak of the presidents of the three neighbouring to Belarus countries: Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine. The first two decided to make a joint statement. “We urge the Belarusian authorities to complete when��naniu and compliance with democratic standards, we urge to refrain from violence and to respect fundamental freedoms, the rights of man and citizen,”— said on Sunday evening Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nausea. The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky joined the calls already this morning. “Of course, we encourage our neighbors to the maximum of tolerance and non-violence. Urge to maximize public, albeit complex, dialogue, because only dialogue will allow the citizens of Belarus out of the difficult crisis situation and to honestly discuss further steps and formats of social interaction”,— said in a statement by his office.People will still be out for some time, but to turn this protest to the change of power unlikely. Just because we don’t see any indication that somewhere in the Belarusian ruling elite arose a schism, sabotaged some orders Lukashenka, who have shown disloyalty…Source: “Kommersant FM”Also today, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki took the initiative for an extraordinary European Union summit on the situation in Belarus. The head of the European Council Charles Michel, meanwhile, called on the authorities to respect civil rights and freedoms.The CIS mission their assessment already given. “The mission of CIS observers found no evidence that cast doubt on the legitimacy of the elections in Belarus”,— said the Executive Secretary of the CIS Sergey Lebedev. According to him, the elections “were held in accordance with the law, was open and competitive and ensured the will of the citizens”.Mr Lukashenko unconditionally supported his main foreign policy partner of China. Chinese President XI Jinping was the first who sent the President a congratulatory telegram. After him, the Belarusian leader congratulated the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.In Minsk have been sent and a congratulatory telegram from the Kremlin. “I hope that your public activities will contribute to the further development of mutually beneficial Russian-Belarusian relations in all spheres, to deepen cooperation in the framework of the Union state, strengthening integration processes in the Eurasian economic Union and the CIS, and also military-political relations in the organization of collective security Treaty,”— said in the telegram on behalf of Vladimir Putin, the text of which is cited by the press service of the head of the Russian state.Spoke and a number of Russian officials and politicians, and their opinions are divided. “Deja vu in Minsk. It is clear that there are those who do not agree with the re-election of Lukashenko, but it’s still a loud minority that tries to impose its will on the silent big.NSTU. And Western “geoengineer” shamelessly exploit it, as they did on the Maidan in Ukraine, ravaging the country,”— wrote in his Twitter, first Deputy permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky. “We have no reason not to trust presents preliminary data on results of vote in Belarus”,— said the “Interfax” Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Vladimir Jabbarov (“United Russia”). “Some short-sighted people indulged the pack of the organizers of the provocation and destabilization. Any destabilization of Belarus will rush to Russia, so we need to thank the people of Belarus for what he has shown the will and prudence,”— said “RIA Novosti” Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov.But the head of the liberal democratic party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky has taken a different position. “Of course, the whole Belarus rebelled against Lukashenko. Today we are witnessing its final defeat. He lost not only youth, but also middle and older generation, not only civil, but also those who are in uniform — the entire country,” he said.Kirill Krivosheev
